Legendary actress Demi Moore describes how surf scene in Charlie’s Angels film forced her to struggle with identity

"I had done ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and there was a lot of conversation around this scene in a bikini..."

The early 2000s were certainly a high water mark for surfing and surf culture. Andy Irons at his very peak, rattling off three straight Association of Surfing Professionals championships in a row thereby forcing Kelly Slater to return from his second of twenty-seven (and counting) retirements. Surf Magazines were relevant and staffed by real boys and girl. Surf brands were worth money, Hurley selling to shoe giant Nike for 95 million actual US dollars (160 mil in today’s numbers). And surf featured lovingly in films like Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu with guest appearance from the legendary Demi Moore.

Look at Diaz barrel.

Moore, reflecting on the times in a recent interview, declares that walking up the beach in a black bikini, apparently sponsored by Volcom, forced her to struggle with her identity.

“I had done ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and there was a lot of conversation around this scene in a bikini,” she told Interview Magazine, “and it was all very heightened, a lot of talk about how I looked. I didn’t feel like I didn’t belong,” the now 61-year-old clarified. “It’s more like I felt that feeling of, I’m not 20, I’m not 30, but I wasn’t yet what they perceived as a mother.”

Rude the containers women are put into, no? Pierce Brosnan never had to struggle with his identity while playing James Bond nor Clint Eastwood a variety of grumpy men.

Well, Moore seems to have landed on her feet, starring in a new sci-fi film that “follows Hollywood star Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore) as she takes an experimental drug advertised to create a younger version of herself — a clone Sue (Margaret Qualley).”

There for it.